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• Toronto looks hard at biofuels for busses

  Rising prices and minimal benefts mean that Toronto's public transport commission will be looking hard at sticking with biofuels with its bus flee t in a meeting scheduled on 27 August, according to the Globe and Mail. Read More... Posted Aug 26 2008, 12:08 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: Canada, Biodiesel, bus, Toronto

• EU bans seal furs

  I admit this news is not greatly connected to the chemical industry (except maybe a slight demand decline for dyes and other textile materials) but I can't resist posting it. The Fur Institute of Canada (FIC) is bristling at yesterday's European... Posted Jul 24 2008, 01:47 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Canada, EU, Regulation, Products, Government, ban, furs, seal

• Green Canadian cash now available

  The government of Alberta, Canada said yesterday that it is appropriating a total of C$4bn ($3.92bn) to reduce the province's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). A C$2bn fund will be invested in carbon capture and storage projects while the rest will... Posted Jul 09 2008, 12:29 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, funding, Canada, Investments, emission, Government, greenhouse gas, carbon capture

• Carbon tax pains now in Canada

  Should consumers directly pay for fossil fuel-based carbon emissions? Some Canadian officials seem to think so as drivers in British Columbia is now greeted with the tax with some gasoline stations raising their gasoline prices to cover the tax costs... Posted Jul 03 2008, 10:43 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Canada, Regulation, carbon, emission, Government, gasoline, tax, utilities

• US natural gas prices rise 65%

  The US price for natural gas has risen faster than crude so far this year. It is already up almost 65%. Rising coal and oil prices have encouraged power generators to switch to gas, whilst lower Canadian exports and a tight global LNG market have helped... Posted Jun 08 2008, 09:49 PM by Chemicals & The Economy Filed under: USA, Canada, Economic growth, Oil markets, Futures trading, natural gas, LNG, coal prices

• A call to use waste for biofuels

  There's a long reasoned piece of work by Biodiversist in Gristmill, which is worth looking at. The pay off for me is in the last line of the story... now don't just scroll down, read some on the way. Read More... Posted May 12 2008, 04:45 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuels, Canada, Biodiesel, seattle, Biodiversist

• Plight of the Canadian ducks

  The recent Canadian ducks' death need to be avenged and not just by mere apologies. Greenpeace Canada says big oil players are ducking (sorry, just can't help it!) their responsibility in the deaths of more than 500 migratory birds because of... Posted May 06 2008, 02:06 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Canada, Government, oil-sands, ducks

• BPA ban heats up

  Health Canada's decision last Friday (April 18) to possibly ban polycarbonate plastic baby bottles because of bisphenol A's (BPA) safety issues drove a flurry of announcements from consumer product manufacturers to phase out the use of BPA-contained... Posted Apr 21 2008, 03:35 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Canada, Government, ban, bisphenol A

• The end of the free for all...

  Kevin Downing on the MaRS blog thinks that it is going to get harder to fund new ethanol plants . I think that he's right, not only because the regulatory framework that biofuels plants will operate in is likely to change over the coming months and... Posted Feb 05 2008, 12:04 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: ethanol, Policy, price, Corn, FAO, funding, Canada